{"id":30748,"date":"2026-07-28T22:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/30748\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T22:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:34:08","slug":"canadian-accused-of-espionage-in-belgium-to-remain-in-detention-prosecutors-office-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/30748\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian accused of espionage in Belgium to remain in detention: prosecutor\u2019s office | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785278047_874_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A woman walks down steps next to the NATO logo during the NATO Defence Industry Forum at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo\/Hussein Malla)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 28, 2026 | 2:05 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 A Canadian facing espionage charges in Belgium will remain in custody for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>Following a closed-door hearing Tuesday, the Belgian federal prosecutor\u2019s office said the suspect would continue to be held in pretrial detention.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor\u2019s office announced Saturday that \u201ca Canadian national of Chinese origin\u201d had been arrested on charges of espionage and participation in a criminal organization.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, who has not been publicly named, worked as an intern at NATO\u2019s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman walks down steps next to the NATO logo during the NATO Defence Industry Forum at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,2894,16700,16694,16701,16693,16695,16696,144,16697,16698,16699,1176],"class_list":["post-30748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-belgium","tag-breaking-news","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116999989779793205","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}